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Taj Burrow has conquered the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2012, after defeating Adriano de Souza in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks, Australia.
It's always good when surf books are written by someone who works as a computer architect. "Big Wave Surfing: Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Investing" is the best-selling book by Kenneth J. Thurber.
The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau and the Billabong Monster Tow-in Surf Session will not be run in 2012. The big wave surf contests demand a solid day of 20-foot-plus waves at Waimea Bay (Hawaii) and Mullaghmore Head (Ireland), but it didn't happen in the holding period.
The Museum of British Surfing will open its doors for the first time in Braunton, England, on April 6, 2012. The inaugural exhibition is "The Art of Surf" and will showcase 200 years of art in surfing, from the sketches of early explorers through to works by contemporary British surfing artists.
Surf forecasting books are encyclopedias of surf science. They make it easy to understand how swell models work and how waves are formed.
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The most successful competitive surfer of all time, Kelly Slater, rode what may have been the last heat of his 24-year professional career.
We can't choose our height, and 80 percent of it is genetic. But if you're into surfing, taller and shorter surfers feel noticeable differences in getting acquainted with boards, paddling for, and riding a wave.
Ryan Crosby is the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the World Surf League (WSL).
Classified as "Critically Endangered" by UNESCO, the native Hawaiian language has approximately 2,000 speakers. Here's what makes it so special.